Arts Practicum (ATS 319)

Arts practicums are designed to give serious students a deeper experience and training in their area of arts specialty (music, dance, fine arts, etc.) with an emphasis on practical application – usually through performance or teaching. This will usually be a position with a specific project within YWAM that requires further development of their skills.

Advanced Production and Performance (ATS 313)

For those desiring to go further beyond ATS 200 level courses, this course provides additional training and practical experiences to deepen skills and p
ersonal development as artistic directors and producers, through musical theatre, dance, and other forms of performing arts.

School of Dance II and Field Assignment (ATS 317 / ATS 318)

Following the School of Dance II (or following ATS 117 in Brazil) this field assignment will give students opportunity to experience and minister with what they have been learning in the studio. It will build on the previous School of Dance modules.

School of Performing Arts II and Field Assignment (ATS 315 / ATS 316)

This school builds on the foundations established in the School of Performing Arts I and takes the student to higher levels of difficulty in their skill level as a performing artist. The school will give the students a more coherent understanding of the performing arts in a biblical and sociocultural framework.

The field assignment gives students the opportunity to perform in public places and to teach various art forms through workshops and seminars.

Performance and Production Practicum (ATS 322)

Students will apply the learning of the lecture phase as part of a team bringing creating a performing arts production. The practicum begins with a research phase begins. The school will travel to other cities with strong artistic movements to study the cultural riches of said places to acquire and apply them in the creative process. This is followed by the production phase where they will study different aspects of production such as wardrobe, makeup, set design, illumination and sound, script study, choreographic and musical composition etc. Students will work together with their peers and teachers to create a final piece. The school will end with a tour of the final production.

Principles of Redeeming Cultures School (ATS/HMT 227)

This course presents principles for recognizing God’s truth and righteousness in the cultures of the world, affirming those cultures, and seeing them transformed by the work of God. Students learn to view history and their own and/or other cultures from a biblical perspective; they also learn to develop strategies for influencing society toward righteousness, making the Word of God the standard for living.

Dance Company Practicum (ATS 217)

The 9-month Dance Company Practicum is designed to provide graduates of School of Dance Studies (or students with the permission of the School Leaders) the experience of a professional modern dance company, while still experiencing the intentional discipleship and covering of UofN Leadership. Acceptance is determined only by Dance Ad Deum Artistic Director Randall Flynn after a live audition.

School of Dance I and Field Assignment (ATS 215 / ATS 216)

The first quarter of this School of Dance sequence provides students with intense dance training and study. It will include modern ballet and jazz technique, improvisation, dance history, anatomy, dance production techniques, composition and several other topics related to dance and missions. Professional Christian artists will teach various aspects of the course and there will be opportunities for performance at local events.


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